South Dakota
Johnson to Retire with 2nd Longest Tenure on Capitol Hill in South Dakota History
At 26+ years and counting, Senator Tim Johnson has already eclipsed Tom Daschle but will fall six years short of the Mount Rushmore State’s all-time record set by Karl Mundt.
Read MoreRounds Seeks 1st US Senate Win for ex-South Dakota Governor
No former governor has ever won a U.S. Senate seat in South Dakota, with the last sitting governor to do so 70 years ago.
Read MoreProjections: 2012 Upper Midwestern U.S. House Races
More than a half-dozen contests in the five-state region could be decided by single digits.
Read MoreGeorge McGovern’s Post Presidential Election Half-Life Was 3rd Longest in History
Only Strom Thurmond (1948, 54 years) and Alf Landon (1936, 50 years) lived longer after losing a presidential election.
Read MoreChanging Tides? GOP Eyes Rare Majority Control of Upper Midwest Senate Delegation
After November, Democrats in the five-state Upper Midwest region could control less than half of the 10 U.S. Senate seats for only the 4th time in 50 Years.
Read MoreRomney Still Slow off the Blocks
While all eyes were on Wisconsin this week, Mitt Romney turned in more sluggish performances in presidential primaries held on Tuesday. Despite effectively sealing the nomination nearly two months ago, Romney failed to crack the 70 percent mark in two…
Read MoreSouth Dakota Edges Minnesota for Largest Population Growth Rate in Midwest
South Dakota ends a string of three consecutive decades in which Minnesota led the 12-state region in rate of growth
Read MoreSouth Dakota Continues Record Unemployment Streak, Despite Uptick to 4.5 Percent
The Mount Rushmore State has now gone more than 27 years without eclipsing the 5 percent jobless mark – best in the nation
Read MoreUpper Midwestern Republicans Reach Five-Decade High in State House Seats
After the 2010 election, GOP holds 311 of 497 lower chamber seats in IA, MN, ND, SD, and WI (62.2 percent) – the highest level since 1968 election (68.0 percent)
Read MoreRepublican Dominance over Upper Midwestern Governorships through the Years
Republicans have controlled the governor’s mansions of IA, MN, ND, SD, and WI for over 72 percent of the time since 1846
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